The system of competitive tenders gives an incentive to be as optimistic as you can possibly get away with. The only counter-example I can think of immediately was the huge IT project for the passpor… (View Post)

By chance I'm going to some woods in Epping tomorrow for a weekend seminar where diverse animal welfare CEOs debate strategy. Perhaps I'll meet HYUFD? (View Post)

It's one of the relatively few things that I broke ranks on - all my Labour council colleagues favoured HS2, Anna Soubry championed HS2, and it was going to have an actual stop in my constituenc… (View Post)

I don't dislike Sunak, apart from his politics - as you say, he's clearly a big step up from Truss. But the point you mention about Ministers obsessively demanding to see everything seems e… (View Post)

It applies to anywhere, though rather less in mainstream healthcare (not just the NHS - not sure if you're making a political point), since a significant proportion of the patients will be peopl… (View Post)